Today is the First of May. Tomorrow is Jonathan Coulton at the Majestic. I went to his show the last time he was in Madison. It was one of my favorite shows in recent history. His opening act, Paul and Storm, was hilarious. I missed the first part of Paul and Storm before, but I won’t this time.

The last time he was in town, my day threatening to become utterly terrible. It was crazy cold and icy and metro was being pathetic. The bus to Johnson and Baldwin didn’t show up, so I had to hoof it four blocks to a stop on Washington Ave where I had to wait 30 minutes. Then of course the bus detoured away from State St and I had to walk a few blocks back towards State at Frances where I was meeting someone for dinner. Then of course after dinner we walked over to King St for the show. That was entirely too much walking for that kind of weather. The show definitely made up for the hardships. However, after the show the universe still felt like screwing with me. I called a cab and the dispatcher told me to be ready because the cab will be there immediately. I thought that was cool, so we went outside to wait. Apparently the dispatcher and I have a different definition of the world ‘immediately’. I’m fine with waiting for a cab. I’m not so arrogant or wealthy to expect a car to be ready at a moments notice to speed me off to my destination. Normally in the winter I’d wait inside the lobby until I saw the cab. Since the dispatcher told me the cab would be there immediately and given that many people leaving the show would be more than happy to steal our cab, I ventured outside. At least when I was walking I was building body heat to fend off the wind and cold. Remember, when you use the world ‘immediately’, it should not be 25 minutes later.

I learned some importants lesson that day. I won’t walk for any distance in the winter any longer and I won’t trust metro to be on schedule during any type of weather. I also stay inside while waiting for a cab.